The purpose of this measure is to prescribe certain procedures to be followed in the conduct of business by Honolulu county neighborhood boards:
This measure:
(1) Allows the written public notice of a neighborhood board meeting to include an opportunity for the board to receive public input on issues not specifically noticed for consideration at the forthcoming meeting; provided that decision-making on those issues is postponed to a later duly-noticed meeting;
(2) Requires a quorum for a meeting of the board to conduct official board business and to vote;
(3) Allows the board to receive information or testimony on a matter of official business without a quorum; provided that the board shall not make a decision on the issue and the board members shall report the matters presented as information or testimony at the next board meeting;
(4) Allows two or more members of a board, but fewer than the number necessary to constitute a quorum, to attend informational meetings or presentations on matters relating to official board business, including meetings of another entity, seminars, and community meetings; provided that the presentation is not specifically and exclusively organized for or directed toward members of the board;
(5) Allows board members to participate in discussions, including discussions among themselves; provided that the discussions occur during and as a part of the informational meeting or presentation and that there is no commitment relating to a vote on the issue; and
(6) Allows the board to discuss an unanticipated event that occurs after public notice of a board meeting has been issued but before the scheduled meeting, if timely action is necessary for the public health, safety, and welfare. At a duly noticed meeting, a board may take action on the unanticipated event in the public interest that is not on the agenda, as if the board held an emergency meeting.
It is currently in a House/Senate Conference Committee.
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This email was received from Grant Tanimoto of the Neighborhood Board Commission.
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We have some good news. Joan and I just returned from a conference hearing on this bill.
The conferees agreed to a draft, splitting the difference between the House and Senate versions; there were only minor differences between the versions.
Our bill is now sitting at third base (it's baseball season). Both the House and Senate still must vote on the conference draft; and the Governor must either sign the bill or let it become law without her signature. I doubt that she would veto it. Barring any unforseen glitch we should soon have the legislative fix we've been talking about.
Mahalo for your help. We'll stay in touch.
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